Alain de Botton Quotes

I think people want to get married to end their emotional uncertainty. In a way, they want to end powerful feelings, or certainly the negative ones.

Alain de Botton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: December 20, 1969

Topics

PeopleNegativeUncertaintyThink

I do fear God, but I will also tell you that when a doctor diagnoses you and the word 'cancer' comes out of his mouth, at that point, it changes your life and you do fear less and it also has allowed me to be a lot more open as a person. It's changed me.

Joe Lhota

LifeFearGodMeDoctorMouth

We've given more resources. On housing, we are now establishing a regional housing pot.

John Prescott

NowMoreResourcesHousingPot

Someone with a figure like Jennifer Aniston has a trainer, a cook spinning out some version of the latest diet, and probably a stop at the tanning salon.

Amanda Peet

DietSomeoneStopSpinningOutCook

Ambidextrous, adj.: Able to pick with equal skill a right-hand pocket or a left.

Ambrose Bierce

SkillEqualLeftAblePickPocket

If your lifeguard duties were as good as your singing, a lot of people would be drowning.

Simon Cowell

GoodPeopleSingingWouldYourWere

I would love to play the lead in a big romantic comedy. That's definitely a dream of mine.

Rosamund Pike

LoveRomanticComedyDreamPlayBig

Doing a play is so fulfilling. Words cannot describe how I feel when I finish doing a play.

Rutina Wesley

WordsFeelDoingPlayFinishCannot

What I love about London is the energy and the creativity. Culturally, it is such a happening city, from the cuisine to the fashion.

Monika Chiang

LoveCreativityCityFashionEnergy

When you say you are in love with humanity, you are well satisfied with yourself.

Luigi Pirandello

LoveYourselfHumanityYouSayWell

What sweetens the deal for me is that I get to develop an alien species from the ground up. I'm playing Saru, a Kelpian, and this race has never been seen before in any 'Star Trek' series.

Doug Jones

MeAlienRaceNeverGroundUp

The expectations some Americans put on me is too much, is what I would say. But I don't take it that way. I know no one means harm to me like that or wanting to put too much pressure on me.

Christian Pulisic

MeExpectationsPressureToo Much

Certainly, we have to make sure our police forces do not have weapons of mass destruction with which they can terrorize our communities.

Alicia Garza

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